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Los
Angeles
Getting there:
flights to LAX,
Los Angeles International Airport, 1 World Way, Los Angeles
Getting
around: Los Angeles is car city,of course, though there's
a Metro
system, with 200 bus
lines and four rail
lines: Blue
(north-south from downtown to Long Beach); Green
(east-west, from Redondo Beach to Norwalk, with a free shuttle to
LAX,
from Aviation); Red
(Downtown to Hollywood, Wilshire and on to the San Fernando Valley);
and Gold
(Downtown to Pasadena). You can access online bus and rail route
maps.
Accommodation:
Airport:
Sheraton
Gateway, 6101 West Century Boulevard; tel: 310.642.1111
Hollywood:
Roosevelt
Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Boulevard; tel: 323.466.7000
Hollywood:
Chateau
Marmont, 8221 Sunset Boulevard; tel: 323.656.1010
Downtown:
Westin
Bonaventure, 404 South Figueroa Street; tel: 213.624.1000
Climate: Local
weather: generally sunny and hot, of course, but not always
as predictable as you might think.
Currency: US$
Tourist info: City
of Los Angeles Tourist Information
Los
Angeles City Guide
Specialist: Starline
Tours daily tours of Hollywood, including celeb homes and grave
sites
Los
Angeles Conservancy walking tours of downtown LA's historic
districts; tel: (213) 623-2489
Tour
Los Angeles individually customised tours
Major film locations: you have
to be kidding! But among the thousands of films shot in LA, you
might want to check out the following:
Blade
Runner
Chinatown
Heat
LA
Confidential
Pulp
Fiction
Sunset
Boulevard
Terminator
2: Judgment Day
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LAX:
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I once arrived in LA
by car, after driving down the coast from San
Francisco. It just didn't feel right. The way to
arrive is by plane, at LAX,
experiencing that thrilling, lung-grabbing moment as the
doors slide open and the cool, conditioned air of the arrival
lounge is blasted away by the first wave of hot, diesel-flavoured
air. Welcome to LA.
A
morning or lunchtime flight from the UK arrives in time
for the evening rush hour, when the traffic is not too frantic.
I wouldn't think about visiting LA
without wheels. There's no point, not even with the new
Metro system. And Speed
has put you off buses, right? Driving is half the LA
experience.
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